Connections is a quarterly newsletter published jointly by the Departments of Pediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynecology at Columbia University Medical Center. In each issue we will bring you news about how our programs, people and research are furthering our mission: providing extraordinary care to women and children and expanding our educational initiatives through the collaboration and cooperation of the two departments.

Over the past 15 years methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has become a major public health problem, causing severe pneumonia, skin and blood infections. One of the most prevalent strains, USA300, spreads easily and can be responsible for several rapidly progressive, fatal diseases. CUMC pediatrician and infectious diseases specialist Paul Planet, MD, PhD, explains what genomic sequencing has revealed about the very recent evolution of USA300—and why it is so infectious—in a series of video shorts.

We provide cutting edge care to patients from Washington Heights, the region, the nation and from around the world.

The medical and surgical acuity at the Morgan Stanley Children’s Hospital of New York Presbyterian is among the highest in the United States and demands a great staff of physicians and health care providers.

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Most children’s visits to the dentist are uncomplicated: they have their teeth cleaned, maybe get a filling or two, a fluoride treatment, and their choice of stickers on the way out. The dentists in Columbia University College of Dental Medicine’s (CDM) pediatric dental clinic provide thousands of these typical visits each year to the area’s children at their very busy facility on Haven Avenue.

On October 21, 2015, join us for the annual Steve Miller Medical Education Day. The event will include a lecture delivered by Abraham Verghese, MD, MACP, Linda R. Meier and Joan F. Lane Provostial Professor and Vice Chair for the Theory and Practice of Medicine at the School of Medicine at Stanford University.

CUMC has formalized its relationship with PPD—the leading global contract research association—to become part of an international pediatric investigator network, further affirming its commitment to pediatric research.